36+ Top Izmit Turkey Earthquake 1999. The 1999 i̇zmit earthquake occurred on 17 august at 03:01:40 local time in northwestern turkey. 17, 1999 the devastating earthquake that struck northwestern turkey in 1999 reached 7.6 on the richter scale. Tremors were also felt in neighbouring syria, lebanon and iran.
36+ Top Izmit Turkey Earthquake 1999 Friday's quake struck at about 20:55 local time (17:55 gmt).
The last major earthquakes turkey suffered occurred in 1999 on the western portion of naf (in izmit and duzce) with magnitudes of around 7.4 on the richter scale and caused immense damage to both residential and industrial buildings and infrastructure. Izmit, turkey 1999 earthquake interferogram. Tremors were also felt in neighbouring syria, lebanon and iran. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing around 17,000 people5 and left more than 250,000 people homeless.
It occurred along the northern anatolian fault. Turkey was hit by 199 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4 and more in 1999. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing around 17,000 people5 and left more than 250,000 people homeless. About 17,118 people were killed.
From wikimedia commons, the free media repository. Few of izmit's buildings were built to. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing between seventeen and forty thousand people and leaving approximately half a million people homeless. The 1999 i̇zmit earthquake occurred on 17 august at 03:01:40 local time in northwestern turkey.